Tom Clarke

Tom Clarke (11 March 1858-3 May 1916) was an Irish Republican Brotherhood revolutionary and one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Biography
Tom Clarke was born in Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, England to a Catholic Irish family, and his family - a military family serving in the British Army - later returned to Ireland, settling in Dungannon, County Tyrone. In 1878, he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and he took part in the Fenian dynamite campaign against the United Kingdom during the 1880s. In 1898, he moved to New York City, living in New York until 1907. Clarke joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and planned the 1916 Easter Uprising against British rule, being one of seven men who signed the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Clarke was captured by the British Army during the six-day uprising, and he was executed by firing squad on 3 May 1916 for treason.